American Idol 9: The Finale


Wednesday night was Simon Cowell’s last moment with American Idol, and the night belonged to him much more than the two contenders for the ninth Idol crown. and performed ably on Tuesday night, but only the votes would determine which would walk away with the winning title. The show will undoubtedly crash and burn now that Cowell is walking away…but that is talk for another time.

The Top 12 Idols - including Crystal and Lee, of course - danced out on stage to deliver “School’s Out for Summer.” While Orianthi jammed out on the guitar, Casey James suddenly announced a surprise appearance - Alice Cooper. This was an exciting guest star, but honestly, he sounded quite bad. And I’m a fan.

The evening started out with a fairly lackluster vibe…but there was much, much more to come.

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New Pilot to Feature a Trio of Idol Castoffs

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Former American Idol contestants Kristen MacNamara, Nick Mitchell (aka Normund Gentle) and have united to form the new reality series Takin Over Hollywood, which already sounds like a smash hit. Tatiana Del Toro, the drama queen with the giggle from Season 8? Just give me a channel and I’m there.

A new YouTube video has premiered which shows a trailer for the series. All three contestants perform the opening number. Kristen, now billed as K-MAC, will be featured as she pursues her career as a singer. Normund will work on his comedy, and Tati (Del Toro) hopes to become a successful actress.

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American Idol 8: Finale!

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Weeks of auditions, eliminations and memorable performances would finally culminate in a single evening of music and melodrama. Yes, it’s the finale of 8.

Various celebrities sat in the crowd as warmed up the episode. Almost 100 million votes were logged after Tuesday’s performance round.

A montage of Randy Jackson clips served as the dog’s intro, he who, for reasons quite beyond me, wore a bow tie for the evening. Kara DioGuardi moments followed, and I never realized she had such a tendency to use the word “sweetie.” She looked great for the evening, at least. The same can’t be said for Paula Abdul, who wore a hideous ensemble. Her clip showed her saying a lot of words, the meanings of which she likely doesn’t understand. Simon Cowell’s video tribute was, of course, the most entertaining of all.

The host then introduced the two stars of the evening: Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. The judges stood up for the men as they took the stage. Each wore white; both looked very different. The sound equipment was hardly functioning when the two touched based with Seacrest.

A gaggle of girls stood in Conway, Arkansas (Kris Allen country) to hear the results. Carly Smithson reported from Symphony Hall (what a sad gig), where Lambert fans gathered to await the final vote count. But each camp would sit through many more video clips, performances, and general hoohah before they would find out what they most wanted to know: who won?

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American Idol 8: Second Group Performs

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As Alexis Grace, Michael Sarver and Danny Gokey looked on from the sidelines, twelve more contenders took to the stage last night. All of them were singing for what could be the last time on the Idol stage; all of them wanted to impress.

Few of them did. Almost everything about the Wednesday night performances - from ’s outfit to more than half the song choices - was a bit of let down. Which three diamonds will be roughed out this minefield of poor decisions, off-key notes and obvious voter influencing?

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